I've heard a lot about Monad, but I haven't been following it closely. How to get involved? Is there a testnet available, or running a validator node?
Monad is a level 1 blockchain and since it does not have a testnet, it is necessary to perform activities in ecosystem projects in order to obtain the right to airdrop. Such projects include Wormhole, Ambient, Elixir, Stargate, Marginfi, Balancer. This is not an exhaustive list, these are projects I was doing long before I knew about Monad, and which will also need to distribute (or have already distributed) airdrop to their early adopters.
There is an assumption that Monad will generously reward the participants of the Discord, but here I can not suggest anything, because I am not active in this social network.
https://www.monad.xyzOnly time will tell, but it sure does sound interesting.
I hope for everything best for everybody involved.
Marginfi sounds interesting, utilizing off-chain data is a common thing nowadays, as it seems.